Hikayat Raja-raja Pasai
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Hikayat Raja-raja Pasai (story, chronicle, literary romance) is perhaps the earliest work in Malay
on the first Malay-Islamic kingdom of Samudera-Pasai
. In the Hikayat, Merah Silu met Muhammad
in his dream and accepted conversion to Islam
. The Hikayat book is believed to be a creation of 14th century, according to Dr. Russell Jones.
Malay language
Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family. It is the official language of Malaysia , Indonesia , Brunei and Singapore...
on the first Malay-Islamic kingdom of Samudera-Pasai
Pasai
Pasai, also known as Samudera and Samudera-Pasai sometimes called Samudera Darussalam was a Muslim harbour kingdom on the north coast of Sumatra from the 13th to the 15th centuries CE. It was believed the word Samudera derived from Samudra meaning ocean in Sanskrit...
. In the Hikayat, Merah Silu met Muhammad
Muhammad
Muhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...
in his dream and accepted conversion to Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
. The Hikayat book is believed to be a creation of 14th century, according to Dr. Russell Jones.
External links
- Dispersing God's shadows - Reflections on the translation of Arabic political concepts into Malay and Indonesian